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Two years ago, ex-Labour leader Ed Miliband repeatedly failed to rule out a deal with the SNP – giving the Tories a huge boost.

A poster showing Ed Miliband in Alex Salmond’s pocket was credited with triggering a decisive swing to the Conservatives in the final weeks of the campaign.

Speaking on a visit to Westminster yesterday, Nicola Sturgeon said: “If the Parliamentary arithmetic lends itself to the SNP being part of a progressive alliance to keep the Tories out of Government then the SNP will seek to be part of that as we said in 2015.”

She admitted Labour were unlikely to win anywhere near enough seats to be able to form a Government “on their own or with anyone else”.

“There will be many people across England who will see that as a matter of regret,” she said.

“My job first and foremost is to stand up for Scotland.

“Only the SNP will stand between Scotland and an increasingly hardline and right wing Tory Government.”